1959 F1 Championship Standings
Driver and constructor standings for the 1959 season, with race-by-race results and cumulative points charts.
Drivers
1959 cumulative points
Championship standings
- 1
LEAD34Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax2 wins - 2−727Tony BrooksFerrari2 wins
- 3
−8.525.5Stirling MossCooper-Climax2 wins - 4
−1420Phil HillFerrari - 5
−1519Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax - 6
−17.516.5Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax1 win - 7
−2113Dan GurneyFerrari - 8
−2410Masten GregoryCooper-Climax - 9−2410Jo BonnierBRM1 win
- 10
−268Rodger WardWatson1 win - 11−286Jim RathmannWatson
- 12−295Harry SchellBRM
- 13−295Johnny ThomsonLesovsky
- 14
−295Innes IrelandTeam Lotus - 15
−313Olivier GendebienFerrari - 16
−313Tony BettenhausenEpperly - 17−322Paul GoldsmithEpperly
- 18
−322Jean BehraFerrari - 19−322Cliff AllisonFerrari
- 20−340Chuck ArnoldKurtis Kraft
- 21
−340Lucien BianchiCooper-Climax - 22−340Brian NaylorJBW
- 23
−340Carroll ShelbyAston Martin - 24−340Azdrubal FontesMaserati
- 25
−340Giorgio ScarlattiMaserati - 26
−340Peter AshdownCooper-Climax - 27−340Bill CheesbourgKuzma
- 28
−340Bob SaidConnaught - 29−340Jimmy DaywaltKurtis Kraft
- 30−340Colin DavisCooper-Maserati
- 31−340Bill MossCooper-Climax
- 32−340Trevor TaylorCooper-Climax
- 33−340Jean LucienbonnetCooper-Climax
- 34−340Pete LovelyTeam Lotus
- 35−340Keith GreeneCooper-Climax
- 36−340Johnny BoydEpperly
- 37−340Jack FairmanCooper-Climax
- 38
−340Graham HillTeam Lotus - 39−340Bruce HalfordTeam Lotus
- 40−340Mike TaylorCooper-Climax
- 41−340Alain de ChangyCooper-Climax
- 42−340Phil CadeMaserati
- 43−340Jim McWitheyKurtis Kraft
- 44−340Henry TaylorCooper-Climax
- 45−340Eddie JohnsonKurtis Kraft
- 46−340Mike MagillSutton
- 47−340Ron FlockhartBRM
- 48−340Len SuttonLesovsky
- 49−340Fritz d'OreyMaserati
- 50
−340Paul RussoKurtis Kraft - 51−340Jack TurnerChristensen
- 52
−340Roy SalvadoriCooper-Maserati - 53−340Mário de Araújo CabralCooper-Maserati
- 54−340Bob VeithMoore
- 55−340Al HermanDunn
- 56−340Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche
- 57
−340Duane CarterKurtis Kraft - 58−340David PiperTeam Lotus
- 59−340Ivor BuebCooper-Climax
- 60−340Pat FlahertyWatson
- 61−340Jimmy BryanEpperly
- 62
−340Hans HerrmannCooper-Maserati - 63−340Bob ChristieKurtis Kraft
- 64−340Red AmickKurtis Kraft
- 65
−340Mike ParkesFry - 66−340Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati
- 67−340André TestutMaserati
- 68−340Tim ParnellCooper-Climax
- 69−340George ConstantineCooper-Borgward
- 70−340Harry BlanchardPorsche
- 71−340Jud LarsonKurtis Kraft
- 72−340Anthony FoytKuzma
- 73
−340Maria de FilippisPorsche - 74−340Alessandro de TomasoCooper-OSCA
- 75−340Al KellerKuzma
- 76−340Chuck WeyantKurtis Kraft
- 77
−340Don FreelandKurtis Kraft - 78−340Wolfgang von TripsPorsche
- 79−340Ray CrawfordElder
- 80
−340Giulio CabiancaMaserati - 81−340Don BransonPhillips
- 82−340Bobby GrimKurtis Kraft
- 83−340Gene HartleyKuzma
- 84−340Eddie SachsKuzma
- 85−340Chris BristowCooper-Borgward
- 86
−340Alan StaceyTeam Lotus - 87
−340Dick RathmannWatson - 88−340Dennis TaylorTeam Lotus
Race results
R1: Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco, Monaco10 May
Jack Brabham
Cooper-Climax
R2: Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, USA30 May
Rodger Ward
Watson
R3: Dutch Grand Prix
Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands31 May
Jo Bonnier
BRM
R4: French Grand Prix
Reims-Gueux, France5 Jul
Tony Brooks
Ferrari
R5: British Grand Prix
Aintree, UK18 Jul
Jack Brabham
Cooper-Climax
R6: German Grand Prix
AVUS, Germany2 Aug
Tony Brooks
Ferrari
R7: Portuguese Grand Prix
Monsanto Park Circuit, Portugal23 Aug
Stirling Moss
Cooper-Climax
R8: Italian Grand Prix
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy13 Sept
Stirling Moss
Cooper-Climax
R9: United States Grand Prix
Sebring International Raceway, USA12 Dec
Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax
Points calculated from race and sprint results.